Necktie holder



Nov. 16, 1948. v. T. HOWARD v 2,454,177

NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Nov. 29, 1946 INVENTOR.

v Via/a Z'Ho ward ATTORNEYS.

i atented Nov. 16, 1948 NECKTIE HOLDER Viola T. Howard, Saylesville, R. L, assignor to Swank, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application November 29, 1946, Serial No. 712,782

2 Claims. (CI. 24- 9) This invention relates to an article of jewelry such for example as a tie holder.

In the use of jewelry, it is quite often found that some sort of an ornamental theme is illustrated, and this thought is woven into the construction ofthe article of jewelry by various functional structure, and it is the structure which carries out one of these themes which is particularly featured in this invention.

An object of this invention is to provide a construction which will carry out the idea of an article piercing a piece of sheet material.

Another object of this invention is to provide a construction which although it has the appearance of piercing the piece of material does not actually pierce this piece of material.

Another object of this invention is to so construct the ends of the article which lay against the material that they have the appearance of piercing through it so that they will more efiectively carry out this scheme of arrangement.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended'claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a tie holder embodying this invention in position on the tie.

Fig. 2 is a similar enlarged view of a fragmental portion of the tie with the device in position.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the tie holder separate from the tie.

Fig, 4 is a side elevation of the tie holder.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the tie holder and the shirt and tie with the device in mounted position.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the tie holding members which are mounted upon the holder.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modified form of the tie holding means.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a still different modified form.

In proceeding with this invention, I provide some back which will grip the'shirt and mount upon that back two elongated members which will overlie the back bar of the mounting clasp. These members are in spaced relation to the back so as to receive the edges of the tie between them and the back, and these members will be of elongated form to receive some article which usually has the function of piercing something or other, such for instance, as an arrow, a nail or a spear or various other devices. The ends of such arti cle will be shown and the shank portion will be 2 broken and so arranged as to lay against the tie in such a way that the tie will slightly bulge through the space between such ends and cause the optical eflect of the members piercing through the tie.

With reference to the drawings, Ill designates a four-in-hand necktie or cravat and II designates generally the tie holder which is composed of a back designated generally l2, having a back bar l3 with a tongue I formed from the stock or the back bar l3 by bending the same therefrom as at l5, while there is a finger l6 bent from the shank of the tongue so as to provide a point of frictional engagement as at I! as well as a point of frictional engagement as at I8 for gripping the shirt l9 upon which the. same mounted.

The ends of the bar I3 are bent outwardly as at 20 and 2| and the members 22 and 23 which provide the ornamental theme of the device are mounted on these end portions 20 and 2|. In the case which I have illustrated, the member 22 has a shank portion 24 and end portion in the shape of an arrow head 25, while the portion 23 has a shank portion 28 and a tail portion 21. The shanks 24 and 26 are of the same width and of the same appearance so that one will be of a size to have the appearance of being a continuation of the other. Their ends, however, 21 and 28 are reduced in their thicknesswise dimension as shown in Fig. 4 by the front surface of each being beveled or curved toward the plane of the back bar l3, and these end portions are spaced as also shown in all of the figures. This will permit the tie Ill which is positioned beneath the members 22 and 23 to bulge outwardly between the ends 21 and 28 as at 29 so that an efiect will be provided of the arrow passing through the tie or passing into the tie as at 28 and out of the tie again as at 2 This illusion is very effective especially with soft fabric such as a silk tie or the like.

Various forms of devices may be provided in addition to the arrow such as shown in Fig. 6, such as a nail designated generally 30 as shown in Fig. 7 or a spear such as shown at 3| in Fig. 8, while it is apparent that other articles such as a common pin, a sabre, cork screw, bayonet, swordfish or bird's beak might be utilized.

It also will be readily apparent that any convenient'sort of back for holding these two parts in the tandemly arranged spaced relation may be utilized.

I claim:

1. A tie holder comprising a back provided with means for mounting'the same on a shirt which is beneath a tie, a pair of elongated members rigidly secured to said back" on the side thereof opposed to the mounting means and extending from spaced points on said back toward each other in spaced relation tosaid back but inclined rearwardly toward the back as they approach each other, said members terminating to leave their free ends in spaced relation for the forward pro trusion of the tie. the rear surface of each of theends being in the plane of inclination of its member to contact the tie, the upper side edges of said members being segments of the continuous line extending along the said edges of said members, the lower side edges of said member similarly being segments of a continuous line extending along the lower side edges of said members.

2. A tie holder comprising a back provided with means for mounting the same on a shirt which is beneath a tie, a pair of elongated members rigidly secured to said back on the side thereof op- 20 posed to the mounting means and extending from spaced points on said back toward each other in spaced relation to said back but inclined rearwardly toward the back as they approach each other, said members terminating to leave their free ends in spaced relation for the forward probeing bevelled,

" VIOLA T. HOWARD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record v,in the file of this Intent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 425,983 Cohen Apr. 22, 1890 1,345,216 Narbett June 29, 1920 1,958,160 Cherico et al May 8, 1934 2,060,040 (tobb Nov. 10, 1936 

